Dog Brothers Martial Arts · Grand Blanc, Michigan
A training group for weapons-aware fighting.
We're not a school. We're a small group of adults who meet once a week to make martial arts work when weapons are in play. Bring whatever style you have. We'll help you test it.
- When
- Sundays, 3:00 – 4:30 PM
- Where
- Masters and Champions Martial Arts, Grand Blanc, MI
- First visit
- Free. Train with us or just watch.
- Cost
- $60/month or $20 drop-in
- Discounts
- Masters and Champions members, first responders, military, and healthcare professionals
- Privates
- Available. Ask for details.
- Ages
- Adults only
- Level
- All skill levels welcome. We love beginners.
- Bring
- Comfortable clothes you can move in, and water. Bring sticks if you have them.
What we work on
Dog Brothers Martial Arts is Filipino Martial Arts with an MMA mindset. We cover sticks, blades, empty hands, and firearms, and how all of them change the fight when they show up.
DBMA is a system of many styles. It pulls from whatever holds up under pressure, so your boxing, BJJ, or traditional FMA has a place here.
- Filipino Martial Arts
- Ilustrisimo
- Boxing
- Thai clinch
- Savate
- BJJ
- Silat
- Jeet Kune Do
How class runs
Most of class is partner drilling at a controlled pace. Sometimes we spar, and it's light and playful.
Hard, full-contact sparring happens only at special events, and it's always optional. Plenty of people train for years and never do it. It still shapes how we train, because it shows us what actually works.
If you see it taught, you see it fought.Grandmaster Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny, founder of Dog Brothers Martial Arts
A good fit if you
- Want skills that hold up under pressure
- Already train something else and want to add weapons
- Like a small group with a lot of individual attention
- Are fine with progress that takes years
Probably not a fit if you
- Want classes four or five days a week
- Want a belt in three or four years
- Are looking for forms or choreography only
Why it's small
Not many people want to do what we do. That's fine with us. The people who show up get a lot of one-on-one time, and cross-training at other gyms is encouraged.
The instructor
Ken "Trail Dog" LaFleur
- Full Dog Brother
- Fourth-ranked DBMA instructor under Grandmaster Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny
- Over 100 full-contact stick fights across the country, including the Dog Brothers Gathering of the Pack. (So you don't have to.)
- Ilustrisimo instructor under Guro Fred Bigliardi
- Started in Silat and Pekiti Tirsia Kali
- 25 years of martial arts experience
- 15 years of teaching experience
Come check it out
Text Ken: 248-716-0126
Tell me what you train now, if anything, and which Sunday you'd like to come.